Theme and Summarizing

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In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

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A message the author is trying to get across to the reader

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Which of these would be a good example of theme in a story? Options: math is difficult, if you steal, something bad will happen to you, pets make people happy, respect for others

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respect for others

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Can a novel have more than one theme?

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TRUE

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How should a theme always be written?

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A sentence or statement

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A well written theme statement includes character's names and the author.

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FALSE

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Summaries help me...

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all of the above

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Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false? Options: The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage., The summary is normally shorter than the original document, The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.

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The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.

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A good summary is.. that the original.

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shorter

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Summary of passage: Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.

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Jason really wanted to play third base.

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In the SWBST (somebody wanted but so then) strategy, what word tells you who the main character is?

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Somebody